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When you said,"why is that kid holding a desert eagle"he was holding a Walter pp which shoots nowhere here the round of the eagle. I'm so sorry about that I love your content but my side that loves guns and history made we write this comment
@fish for thought I don't know what I'm doing here.....I don't even have fish. Lol. But for some reason I've been binge watching your videos. I do keep plants though so I really appreciate the beauty and life in the fish tanks you feature. As a plant person, I wonder why I only ever see regular pothos at the top of tanks!?!? There are some incredibly beautiful plants, including other pothos such as N'joy and snow queen that would really add a pop to the aesthetics of your tanks! I also want to add, I'm shocked by the size of some of these tanks.....I see them and I think vase or tiny terrarium. Lol.
I was explaining to my dad that goldfish shouldn't be kept in bowls because they will die and he said "no one cares if their goldfish dies anyway"... On a positive note, he's seen how I've been raising my bettas (one in a 29 gal another in a 10 gal) and said he thought they only needed 1 gallon. When I said the smallest was 5 gallons, he actually respected that. He doesn't own any fish, but I talk fish at him all the time now after watching FTRs.
people on tiktok: **puts fish 5 in vase and names them after greek gods** me: **spends months planning aquascape and hundreds on a rimless tank just to get a single betta and name him fred**
I love crochet and sewing! Sometimes I'll just plop myself in front of my tank, watch my betta, and crochet. Little dude has a crush on anything red and decorative, so sometimes he'll build a bubble nest right in front of me when I'm making something red. It's a great bonding activity for us.
Ah yes, I too made the classic mistake of putting a goldfish in a bowl, but I was 15. That poor guy lived for 48 hours, gasping for air all night at the surface. I never felt so bad for a pet like I did that 28 cent goldfish. That taught me the importance of actual tanks with filters & oxygen. Never made that mistake again, never used a bowl again, never bought a goldfish again.
@@helpmeno3761 my last betta lived 4.5 years & I was so proud to give him a long life ❤️ I would love to upgrade to a 30+ gallon once I decide to get another betta. I've been considering a school of rummy nose tetras with a betta. I've never had a tank mate with a betta but definitely doing research before any purchases.
6:30 Fun fact: Some people stick stem fragments of Ludwigia Super Red on their bonsai so it can look somewhat like a blooming cherry blossom tree (well super reds usually are darker in color)
As a parent, I just know that a) you don’t give kids every damn thing they ask for; b) when they ask for a pet, the family needs to bear responsibility for understanding the pet’s care; c) those people are like a fight and a half away from a divorce.
Agree 100%! And when my kids want a pet, I make them research first; give them a list of questions they need to answer (housing, food, lifespan, etc). If they don't care enough to do that, they really don't want the pet.
@@abbyfulperfect way to help kids understand what it takes to care for a pet. My oldest has been wanting a rat for a while. We are no where near ready for him to have one yet, but I've been telling him to start researching now so he'll understand what it will take to care for one if/when he gets one. He's 11 right now. We currently have a dog, a senior cat, and 3 goldfish, so we're not wanting to add to the list of pets yet. But maybe in the future.
Cut flowers are what ends up in a vase. They don't have roots so they can't be in the garden. It's healthy to prune the flower plant and that clippings are very pleasant in a vase until they expire.
Omg!!! Omg that's my tank with the anubias tree thing!! Omg look at me now mom!!! 6:13 Whoever submitted my tank.... You're my hero i never thought I'd get to be on FTR 😭😭😭😭
A lot of people I don’t actually know that keeping fish in small tanks is a bad thing usually when someone shows them why they realize that it’s bad for the fish. our family used to keep fish in fish bowls and other things until I got more into the hobby and realized everything we were doing wrong
growing up id always get battas and put them in one of those small tanks yous see at the fair. my mom thought that 1 thats all it needs and 2 they just dont live that long, why you may ask she might think that, well because thats what my grandma told her😮💨. iv been getting battas here and there since i was 5 my last one was when i was 17 im 22 now and learned that was wrong a few months ago
So much fun! Just moved away from the Rockies, and I very much miss all the fossils. I worked at a science camp for kids and it was so much fun every time I found a fossil or cool rock with them. It would blow their minds that you could just find that kinda stuff on the ground.
Single-tailed goldfish can max out at different sizes. It can depend on how they were raised or the conditions they were in before they were sold. 5 years ago I got two single tails that I found dying at the bottom of an almost empty betta cup at Walmart (idk why they were there, I think someone did it as a sick joke) Anyways I ended up putting them in a 10g which regret so much now, but at the time I didn't know their tank was WAY too small, and it ended up stunting their growth. I later moved them to a 30g which they seemed to have maxed out in. After two years I learned that they needed a much bigger tank, and I did the best I could with my budget. They are now in a 55g but so far they haven't seemed to have grown any bigger. One is about 7 and a half inches, and the other is almost 6 inches. For now, the tank is big enough for them, and they are very happy and healthy. I'm going to be keeping them in the 55g unless they start getting bigger. I have plans to set up a big indoor pond for them in the next couple of years. But I'm pretty sure they are maxed out. Even though I failed in the past with those fish, I still love them and I never want anything bad to happen to them. It makes me so sad to see people like the ones in the first clip treat beautiful fish like that
My morning coffee thoughts ran to the tune of “oh no, it’s Monday… oh yay, new FTR!” Thank you for getting everyone’s week started on the right foot 🐠💕 Loved seeing Tomago’s new setup, she’s got so much personality! QOTW: I mostly keep tarantulas. They’re kind of like land bettas… you can’t keep two together, it’s probably a disaster if one jumps out of the tank… but the water parameters are a lot less work 😂
I have discovered this channel last fridsay and have watched around 75 FTRs! Keep up the great work Chirs! You helped me alot for my stocking choice for my 35L (around 9 gallon), in my head I had 10 rummy noses and 3 platies. Now I know thats way too much so thanks!
I work at a big box pet store and I’ve NEVER seen fish sit still like that. Some will stay more still than others as they wake up, but that looks insane. My first instinct is that there is basically no water flow in those tanks. Did you notice the surface of the water was hardly even rippling? Probably very little oxygen in that water too
I feel the plant struggle. I honestly had to waste so much money going through plants until I found two that I can't kill (crypts and water wisteria, but only as a floating plant). I still can't keep any type of anubias alive for more than a few weeks, so I cry inside when everyone recommends it as a "bulletproof" plant that's "impossible to kill". Idek. It takes a lot of trail and error. Also my city's aquarium club gets around the FB rules of no livestock by just posting pictures of the stuff they're selling and saying "PM me for details" lol. QOTW: I like playing video games and visual novels. I also like crafts, mainly cross-stitching and creating miniatures/dioramas.
@@dat_boii no problem it’s basically like whenever Chris (main plant) sees a bad fish tank or something he freaks out and then we (the little propagations) freak out as well
I am so happy I did not sleep through this. Your videos never fail to make me laugh. And sometimes facepalm at peoples lack of fish smarts. I appreciate all your videos! Also, I gots to say, I think my favorite hobby is driving. I love driving I don’t know if it’s a hobby or not but I just go out for hours and just drive with no destination in mind. Besides a gas pump lol
Thank you for making my Monday better, it was definitely a nice way to boost my happiness for today ❤️ The Betta named Dianna killed me and I was laughing remembering how my cousin's first male Betta was named Diane 😂 Other than fishkeeping, I'm huge into videogames, drawing, horseback riding (not as active due to some back and shoulder issues after a car accident in 2016), and cars... I tend to spend a lot on my horse and pony and Subaru as much as I do on my tanks 😂
This makes me glad that I did as much research as I could to get my first and probably only tank. I made sure they got more than enough space and got some Glowlight Tetras (the black ones with the orange stripes) yes the neons were more pretty but I heard they are inbred to heck and back and have a high death rate no matter how much you try. Months in they are thriving and even live with a single neon in their school since he had been the only neon in the store left and he'd been swimming around with the glowlights. He and his glowlight buddies are thriving so far, got them the best food, plenty of hiding places, floating plants etc. I have even spotted breeding behavior in them which tends to signify they are well fed and needs are met too. I really can't wrap my head around people buying fish and treating them more like toys/decorations.
In the middle of the goldfish flowers in the water bottle, I got an ad for using tap water to keep plastic bottles out of our waterways. This seems like a perfect targeted advertising.
Qotw: Sometimes I like to do art or play video games but it depends on how busy I am lol Weekly update on my new betta: He still hides most of the time when I walk up to look at him, but his colours are much more vibrant now! I’m hoping that in time his tail will heal fully. Today for the first time he didn’t hide as soon as I went to check on him as well, which I find really exciting.
My hobbies keep changing, fish keeping is the recent one I got. I have two tanks now. I am yet to introduce a wild betta fish to my dark water tank. Super excited for that. Cooking is my most favorite hobby, and it has been the longest one yet.
I was at a local pet store that I HOPED had taught their staff better, who am I kidding, but no. Some lady was buying 8 goldfish to put into a large fishbowl... And she goes "oh I won't need cleaning supplies yet it won't get dirty that fast". Then she thought her bowl was too big! So I commented that a single goldfish should be in a 29 gallon with proper filtration because they produce a lot of ammonia... What does the pet store employee say "oh they're only feeder goldfish" 🤦 I just paid for my dog food and left.
8:17 my guppies did this when they were sleeping but when u turn the lights on they float up simultaneously and a couple milliseconds later move around normally
It's so freaking true that it's hard to get research funding if you don't study an animal that fits the "cute and cuddly" or "economically valuable" box! I'm studying a type of seabird that isn't bright and pretty like a puffin and not many people know about it and it's so hard to get funding. Btw, just found your channel and it's so fun to watch!
For the comet goldfish in the pet store..i have no explanation but at the store I worked at for years the comets and minnows did the exact same thing no matter the time of day or shipment that came in. It was baffling. It was like they were all stunned.
With how clean the water is in that saltwater bowl, I'd be willing to bet it's some form of display/show piece and the fish and possibly the entire setup is only in there temporarily.
I keep cactus, succulents, and houseplants along with all my fish tanks full of aquatic ones. So fun to branch out, I am thinking carnivorous plants might be next.
The first tik tok pains me as I’ve just set up a new cold water fish tank which is 190 litres as goldfish need at least 60 litres each and no ornaments with holes in as they can get stuck and no spiky plants and I know I should of gone for sand but I’ve gone for big enough gravel that they won’t choke on and I’ve spent weeks getting the water at the right levels as the ph and ammonia was too high
3:15 best thing for the mother (who is the only one that seems to be a little reasonable) it would have been best, to find someone with a already running gold fish tank, give him the fish for free, and explain the mistake to the child but also show him how they should be kept, and how much work it can be, to care for a living animal (cleaning, feeding, vet)
The only hornwort I've been able to keep alive is sitting in a closed system pondwater jar I sealed 10 months ago and never opened again It's so successful it's outcompeting and killing the duckweed on the surface
I figured as soon as he asked about a vase he would have been bringing home a Betta Fish. Obviously a vase would still be way too small, but it would have been less egregious than three Goldfish in the same container.
My family had 3 goldfish when I was a kid, we kept them in a tank that was probably about 2.5 - 5 gallons (don’t remember the exact size cause I was about 8 years old) with a filter and plants. First and last fish we ever had but we kept them well for years with no pretty much problems (my little brother fed my fish a fried egg and it died, but he was trying to be nice 😭) and eventually gave them away to a good home when we could no longer care for them. I have some empathy for people who are ignorant about fish care if they’re willing to try to do better, but there isn’t much excuse when a family with 3 children who live in the middle of nowhere and have no internet can still accommodate fish properly.
I thought those fish were frozen too, it’s the only thing that makes sense to me, but look carefully and you’ll see a couple of them moving around in the background… that just makes it even weirder Frozen fish feels almost shrimp circle and cory cult levels of creepy
I was at petsmart yesterday, i was looking at the at the betta fish. There was a mother and daughter looking at them as well. The mother was oh look these i beautiful im gonna grab one. The daughter asked where you going to keep it. The mum points to the bottom shelf and says I'll grab one of these bowls. 😢 my heart just broke for that fish.
QOTD: Costumery, both making and modeling. Cosplay, original, historical.... Yes. I just love getting dressed up and playing a role. I even take my costume hobby with me when I go swimming. (Mermaiding - my favorite tail is a high-contrast rainbow color scheme with black and dark purple accents.) Unrelated, but your background music choices are making me redownload maplestory. That kerning city theme...
The fish waking up and being still is kinda true but mine are on ground not in mid air-water😅. I come home from work at 8:00 my room is pitch black when I get home. Fish were probably sleeping for 2 hours when I wake them up.
I found that fine sand was the best with blood parrots👌🏻 And alot of Vallisneria americana «Gigantea», yeah they nibble at the plants, but they grow like crazy so it keeps the tank pretty❤️
The frozen fish thing looks more like someone took a panorama of fish being still when the lights were first on, and then recorded themselves viewing it in a panorama viewer app.
The husband was so over it... You could see the disdain for his wife shoving the camera in his face and putting him on blast for views for the hundreth time. You can tell he's not gonna last much longer
When I was in middle school, I had a tank with gold fish. The tank was doing pretty good, but then I added plecos to help clean it. It all went to hell, no matter how much cleaning I did it would get extra dirty fast. All the gold fish died because the water wasn’t right. The plecos survived. What did I learn? Never put a pleco in a tank to clean it. especially when your tank isn’t big enough to add any extra fish. I also learned, research in advance before you get any type of pet. Also research during. And don’t be afraid to ask professionals questions.
I have worked at multiple fish stores now and usually the goldfish stay still from a very cold water change. Often fish stores are kept around 80 degrees so the goldfish tanks naturally get there each night. Then the next day they are given 50-60 degree water again in the morning to help keep their metabolism down for feeder goldfish purposes…. Kind of cruel but they go into a borderline shock state where they barely can move as they adjust to the 20-30 degree adjustment their body has to. Just another reason to train your fish to take pelletized or frozen food if you can
My fish at work, are always up and ready for their breakfast when I arrive. Maybe they turn off the electrics at night and have not realised that the fish are already used to this and compensate by being less active when air flow and filtration shuts down?
its true, i used to work at a fish store and the fish can look eerily still when they are asleep, there are times my own fish fake me out i think they are dead but they were just napping
I told some people in my class that I've had my fish for 6 years. They assumed my parents just replaced it every day 💀 I had three, one died at about 1 year, then at 5 years, and the last one I still have today. They must assume that I shove three large goldfish into a Tupperware container or something 💀
Need an honest opinion. I have a 50g planted tank. 2 months in no CO2. Currently have 2 Angels, 5 dalmatian Molly's, 1 guppy (came as a feeder fish), 20 ghost shrimp, 1 bristle nose and a golden algae eater (temporary resident). Question is do I have room for a school of Cardinals?
I had a bit of Anubias Nana die recently.... it was a new addition to the tank, but I really think it was due to getting insufficent light because of the ROCK I HAD TO SET ONTOP OF THE DRIFTWOOD TO GET IT TO SINK
QOTW: I train my dogs and compete in rally, tracking, obedience, and carting! I have also done agility in the past, but it's really hard to get into a class right now.
I used to keep hornwort in my fish tank but my beta didn't agree with where I had put it so I think he thought he would try aquascaping himself also the goldfish at that pet shop were in Torpor aka they were hibernating because it was too cold for them they usually do this in the wintertime but don't worry they will be back to normal in the spring.
Love your videos! i'm thinking about how to stock my planted 20 gallon tank, do you think getting 6 zebra danio's would be a good idea? i know you said they were a good beginner fish so all i'm worried about is overstocking.
2:52 My little brother has had crabs for a long while now he keeps his crabs properly for some years now and I've watched him take care of them now I am getting a crab and it will be homed in a nice 40 gallon tank and with the species of crab being mostly small and freshwater crabs the 40 gallon is a perfect size. Not to mention the crabs we keep are native and are really hardy near to impossible to kill they live in our DRAINS.
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This inspired me to do an extra water change
Is there any other way to get into ftr except the discord?
When you said,"why is that kid holding a desert eagle"he was holding a Walter pp which shoots nowhere here the round of the eagle. I'm so sorry about that I love your content but my side that loves guns and history made we write this comment
I think the vase was just meant to hold them temporarily. They probably didn't have a tank yet so he figured a vase works for a day or two.
@fish for thought I don't know what I'm doing here.....I don't even have fish. Lol. But for some reason I've been binge watching your videos. I do keep plants though so I really appreciate the beauty and life in the fish tanks you feature. As a plant person, I wonder why I only ever see regular pothos at the top of tanks!?!? There are some incredibly beautiful plants, including other pothos such as N'joy and snow queen that would really add a pop to the aesthetics of your tanks! I also want to add, I'm shocked by the size of some of these tanks.....I see them and I think vase or tiny terrarium. Lol.
I was explaining to my dad that goldfish shouldn't be kept in bowls because they will die and he said "no one cares if their goldfish dies anyway"...
On a positive note, he's seen how I've been raising my bettas (one in a 29 gal another in a 10 gal) and said he thought they only needed 1 gallon. When I said the smallest was 5 gallons, he actually respected that.
He doesn't own any fish, but I talk fish at him all the time now after watching FTRs.
What does FTR refer to? I'm guessing a Fishing Tourney?
@@XxTurk3ybo1xXit stands for Fish Tank Review :)
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people on tiktok: **puts fish 5 in vase and names them after greek gods**
me: **spends months planning aquascape and hundreds on a rimless tank just to get a single betta and name him fred**
Omg sammmeee
I love crochet and sewing! Sometimes I'll just plop myself in front of my tank, watch my betta, and crochet. Little dude has a crush on anything red and decorative, so sometimes he'll build a bubble nest right in front of me when I'm making something red. It's a great bonding activity for us.
Ah yes, I too made the classic mistake of putting a goldfish in a bowl, but I was 15. That poor guy lived for 48 hours, gasping for air all night at the surface. I never felt so bad for a pet like I did that 28 cent goldfish. That taught me the importance of actual tanks with filters & oxygen. Never made that mistake again, never used a bowl again, never bought a goldfish again.
great lesson learned!
I've done it before as well. I have a betta in a 9 gallon now and it's been a year. I was really stupid back then but mistakes happen and people learn
@@helpmeno3761 my last betta lived 4.5 years & I was so proud to give him a long life ❤️ I would love to upgrade to a 30+ gallon once I decide to get another betta. I've been considering a school of rummy nose tetras with a betta. I've never had a tank mate with a betta but definitely doing research before any purchases.
@@FadedThreadsAndFeelingDeadMine lived almost 3 years 😢 I was so sad because I thought I have 2 years left. His 7 gallon tank is still empty...
I did it myself as a kid. I won a feeder goldfish at a school fair. Somehow marlin survived for like 5 years or more. He lived in a globe fishbowl.
6:30 Fun fact: Some people stick stem fragments of Ludwigia Super Red on their bonsai so it can look somewhat like a blooming cherry blossom tree (well super reds usually are darker in color)
that is genius!
As a parent, I just know that a) you don’t give kids every damn thing they ask for; b) when they ask for a pet, the family needs to bear responsibility for understanding the pet’s care; c) those people are like a fight and a half away from a divorce.
Agree 100%! And when my kids want a pet, I make them research first; give them a list of questions they need to answer (housing, food, lifespan, etc). If they don't care enough to do that, they really don't want the pet.
@@abbyfulperfect way to help kids understand what it takes to care for a pet. My oldest has been wanting a rat for a while. We are no where near ready for him to have one yet, but I've been telling him to start researching now so he'll understand what it will take to care for one if/when he gets one.
He's 11 right now.
We currently have a dog, a senior cat, and 3 goldfish, so we're not wanting to add to the list of pets yet. But maybe in the future.
If you ask me, flowers need much more space than a tiny vase. A garden would be an appropriate size.
Flowers don't need that space, plants do
@@cineroustitflowers are plants
Cut flowers are what ends up in a vase. They don't have roots so they can't be in the garden. It's healthy to prune the flower plant and that clippings are very pleasant in a vase until they expire.
I agree. Don't bring me some dead bouquet. Bring me a flowering plant, with roots in dirt, that can live in my garden.
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Omg!!! Omg that's my tank with the anubias tree thing!! Omg look at me now mom!!! 6:13
Whoever submitted my tank.... You're my hero i never thought I'd get to be on FTR 😭😭😭😭
What's funny is I actually mention in a comment I was inspired by Chris' tank the one with a bunch of anubias as a centerpiece 😂
That's amazing, dude, congratulations!!! Well deserved! 🎉🎉🎉
Nice tank man!!! ❤👍
A lot of people I don’t actually know that keeping fish in small tanks is a bad thing usually when someone shows them why they realize that it’s bad for the fish. our family used to keep fish in fish bowls and other things until I got more into the hobby and realized everything we were doing wrong
growing up id always get battas and put them in one of those small tanks yous see at the fair. my mom thought that 1 thats all it needs and 2 they just dont live that long, why you may ask she might think that, well because thats what my grandma told her😮💨. iv been getting battas here and there since i was 5 my last one was when i was 17 im 22 now and learned that was wrong a few months ago
Aside from fish keeping, I also go fossil hunting. The Rocky Mountains have a TON of cool fossils. I've found Horn Coral, Ammonites, and Sand Dollars
So much fun! Just moved away from the Rockies, and I very much miss all the fossils. I worked at a science camp for kids and it was so much fun every time I found a fossil or cool rock with them. It would blow their minds that you could just find that kinda stuff on the ground.
@MDaggatt Oh yeah, it's amazing! One time, I got to meet the guy who originally found the Maiasaurus egg fossils that Jack Horner wrote about
@@Graysharkieboi Woah! That's so cool! Have you ever been to the Museum of the Rockies? It's the coolest place in the world.
@@MDaggatt I've been there once. I loved the dino exhibit and the planetarium
that's so cool i wanna go fossilhunting...
Single-tailed goldfish can max out at different sizes. It can depend on how they were raised or the conditions they were in before they were sold. 5 years ago I got two single tails that I found dying at the bottom of an almost empty betta cup at Walmart (idk why they were there, I think someone did it as a sick joke)
Anyways I ended up putting them in a 10g which regret so much now, but at the time I didn't know their tank was WAY too small, and it ended up stunting their growth. I later moved them to a 30g which they seemed to have maxed out in. After two years I learned that they needed a much bigger tank, and I did the best I could with my budget.
They are now in a 55g but so far they haven't seemed to have grown any bigger. One is about 7 and a half inches, and the other is almost 6 inches.
For now, the tank is big enough for them, and they are very happy and healthy. I'm going to be keeping them in the 55g unless they start getting bigger. I have plans to set up a big indoor pond for them in the next couple of years. But I'm pretty sure they are maxed out.
Even though I failed in the past with those fish, I still love them and I never want anything bad to happen to them. It makes me so sad to see people like the ones in the first clip treat beautiful fish like that
My morning coffee thoughts ran to the tune of “oh no, it’s Monday… oh yay, new FTR!” Thank you for getting everyone’s week started on the right foot 🐠💕
Loved seeing Tomago’s new setup, she’s got so much personality!
QOTW: I mostly keep tarantulas. They’re kind of like land bettas… you can’t keep two together, it’s probably a disaster if one jumps out of the tank… but the water parameters are a lot less work 😂
aw thx i loved this comment :) yes tamago's got a big attitude xD
I have discovered this channel last fridsay and have watched around 75 FTRs! Keep up the great work Chirs! You helped me alot for my stocking choice for my 35L (around 9 gallon), in my head I had 10 rummy noses and 3 platies. Now I know thats way too much so thanks!
woohoo! thx for letting me know :)
I work at a big box pet store and I’ve NEVER seen fish sit still like that. Some will stay more still than others as they wake up, but that looks insane. My first instinct is that there is basically no water flow in those tanks. Did you notice the surface of the water was hardly even rippling? Probably very little oxygen in that water too
That saltwater bowl is GORGEOUS! Minus the fish, I'd love that. Love the shrimp!
My favorite hobbies other than fishkeeping are drawing, sewing/crocheting, walking in the desert, and keeping isopods
I love watching/listening to these while I clean my tanks and enclosures.
sounds like a good time!
I feel the plant struggle. I honestly had to waste so much money going through plants until I found two that I can't kill (crypts and water wisteria, but only as a floating plant). I still can't keep any type of anubias alive for more than a few weeks, so I cry inside when everyone recommends it as a "bulletproof" plant that's "impossible to kill". Idek. It takes a lot of trail and error.
Also my city's aquarium club gets around the FB rules of no livestock by just posting pictures of the stuff they're selling and saying "PM me for details" lol.
QOTW: I like playing video games and visual novels. I also like crafts, mainly cross-stitching and creating miniatures/dioramas.
Chris is like a Java fern and all of us are just like the little shoots that start growing when the main plant feels like it’s about to die
What does that even mean?
@@dat_boii Java ferns have little Java fern babies that grow on the leaves and spread and they grow more when they feel like their abt to die
@@amizozo I know how Java ferns propagate I just don't understand how that's a metaphor for us lol Sorry, I'm a probably a bit dumb
@@dat_boii no problem it’s basically like whenever Chris (main plant) sees a bad fish tank or something he freaks out and then we (the little propagations) freak out as well
Chirs! Respect that full minute (from 2:08 ) of conservation advocacy! 🎉🎉🎉
I am so happy I did not sleep through this. Your videos never fail to make me laugh. And sometimes facepalm at peoples lack of fish smarts. I appreciate all your videos! Also, I gots to say, I think my favorite hobby is driving. I love driving I don’t know if it’s a hobby or not but I just go out for hours and just drive with no destination in mind. Besides a gas pump lol
that's cool! I like driving too if it's purely for enjoyment!
Thank you for making my Monday better, it was definitely a nice way to boost my happiness for today ❤️ The Betta named Dianna killed me and I was laughing remembering how my cousin's first male Betta was named Diane 😂
Other than fishkeeping, I'm huge into videogames, drawing, horseback riding (not as active due to some back and shoulder issues after a car accident in 2016), and cars... I tend to spend a lot on my horse and pony and Subaru as much as I do on my tanks 😂
awesome! sounds like a well-enriched life :)
I appreciate your honesty about making a buck and throwing in helping to make my Monday better. You do a great job, Chirs.
:) thx
This makes me glad that I did as much research as I could to get my first and probably only tank. I made sure they got more than enough space and got some Glowlight Tetras (the black ones with the orange stripes) yes the neons were more pretty but I heard they are inbred to heck and back and have a high death rate no matter how much you try. Months in they are thriving and even live with a single neon in their school since he had been the only neon in the store left and he'd been swimming around with the glowlights. He and his glowlight buddies are thriving so far, got them the best food, plenty of hiding places, floating plants etc. I have even spotted breeding behavior in them which tends to signify they are well fed and needs are met too. I really can't wrap my head around people buying fish and treating them more like toys/decorations.
Thanks for the review of my tank, absolutely made my month! 😅
In the middle of the goldfish flowers in the water bottle, I got an ad for using tap water to keep plastic bottles out of our waterways. This seems like a perfect targeted advertising.
Qotw: Sometimes I like to do art or play video games but it depends on how busy I am lol
Weekly update on my new betta: He still hides most of the time when I walk up to look at him, but his colours are much more vibrant now! I’m hoping that in time his tail will heal fully. Today for the first time he didn’t hide as soon as I went to check on him as well, which I find really exciting.
My hobbies keep changing, fish keeping is the recent one I got. I have two tanks now. I am yet to introduce a wild betta fish to my dark water tank. Super excited for that. Cooking is my most favorite hobby, and it has been the longest one yet.
i'm slowly getting into cooking more and more too! funny saying that since i have a food channel xD
I was at a local pet store that I HOPED had taught their staff better, who am I kidding, but no. Some lady was buying 8 goldfish to put into a large fishbowl... And she goes "oh I won't need cleaning supplies yet it won't get dirty that fast". Then she thought her bowl was too big! So I commented that a single goldfish should be in a 29 gallon with proper filtration because they produce a lot of ammonia...
What does the pet store employee say "oh they're only feeder goldfish" 🤦 I just paid for my dog food and left.
your voice is so calming the second this came out i had just woke up and i immediately fell back to sleep lmao
I love Mondays Chris!!! They are my Friday!!🎉
And I look forward to your videos!!! 💪
Finally FTR monday is backkkkkkkk❤❤🎉🎉🎉
ayyy! every week baby!
@@FishForThought yessir, Chris the goat
@@FishForThought yeahhhhh I've been waiting for it
Tuesday in Australia
8:17 my guppies did this when they were sleeping but when u turn the lights on they float up simultaneously and a couple milliseconds later move around normally
Chris you are very smart, rational and clever your videos are so enjoyable keep it up! Cheers from Boston ma 🥰
Most people watch fish review for Chris’s fish tank commentary, I live for those anime references that makes their way into every episode.
Woohoo! FTR Monday! 🎉 Wishing all a wonderful week! Go out, collect some rocks and botanicals. Get your hands good and dirty and wet!! ✌️
yes! great advice :) summer is here!
It's so freaking true that it's hard to get research funding if you don't study an animal that fits the "cute and cuddly" or "economically valuable" box! I'm studying a type of seabird that isn't bright and pretty like a puffin and not many people know about it and it's so hard to get funding. Btw, just found your channel and it's so fun to watch!
I'm glad you do this on Mondays. Gives me something to look forward to on Mondays
Making a tree with anubias instead of moss is a super cool idea!! 👍
For the comet goldfish in the pet store..i have no explanation but at the store I worked at for years the comets and minnows did the exact same thing no matter the time of day or shipment that came in. It was baffling. It was like they were all stunned.
With how clean the water is in that saltwater bowl, I'd be willing to bet it's some form of display/show piece and the fish and possibly the entire setup is only in there temporarily.
4:35 So goldfish have the live spans of either budgies or cockatiels.
Good to know…
I keep cactus, succulents, and houseplants along with all my fish tanks full of aquatic ones. So fun to branch out, I am thinking carnivorous plants might be next.
The first tik tok pains me as I’ve just set up a new cold water fish tank which is 190 litres as goldfish need at least 60 litres each and no ornaments with holes in as they can get stuck and no spiky plants and I know I should of gone for sand but I’ve gone for big enough gravel that they won’t choke on and I’ve spent weeks getting the water at the right levels as the ph and ammonia was too high
It's Monday, I'm sicker than I've been in years, but at least I have this to watch 😂
hope you feel better soon!
Had this happen to me once: Big rocks in the middle puts uneven strain on glass for the bottom of the aquarium, and can cause it to break.
yikes!!
My current tank has some large central rocks, but I put some wood underneath the glass to offset the strain. So far, we've been good.
Shout out from Cartagena, Colombia. FFT rocks!! thank you for making Mondays less dreadful. 🌊🌊☀☀
awesome I have viewer from Colombia!!!
3:15 best thing for the mother (who is the only one that seems to be a little reasonable) it would have been best, to find someone with a already running gold fish tank, give him the fish for free, and explain the mistake to the child but also show him how they should be kept, and how much work it can be, to care for a living animal (cleaning, feeding, vet)
I love plecos. Not for cleaning, just for them. Honestly my favorite fish and as soon as I’m confident in keeping them, I’m getting a blue panaque
I appreciate the Monday uploads! It’s very nice to have something to look forward to on Mondays!
aw I appreciate you being here!
The only hornwort I've been able to keep alive is sitting in a closed system pondwater jar I sealed 10 months ago and never opened again
It's so successful it's outcompeting and killing the duckweed on the surface
03:21 well theoretically you could put a vase in the fish tank as a decoration
As long as the fish can't get stuck in it
Thanks!
I figured as soon as he asked about a vase he would have been bringing home a Betta Fish. Obviously a vase would still be way too small, but it would have been less egregious than three Goldfish in the same container.
My family had 3 goldfish when I was a kid, we kept them in a tank that was probably about 2.5 - 5 gallons (don’t remember the exact size cause I was about 8 years old) with a filter and plants. First and last fish we ever had but we kept them well for years with no pretty much problems (my little brother fed my fish a fried egg and it died, but he was trying to be nice 😭) and eventually gave them away to a good home when we could no longer care for them. I have some empathy for people who are ignorant about fish care if they’re willing to try to do better, but there isn’t much excuse when a family with 3 children who live in the middle of nowhere and have no internet can still accommodate fish properly.
I thought those fish were frozen too, it’s the only thing that makes sense to me, but look carefully and you’ll see a couple of them moving around in the background… that just makes it even weirder
Frozen fish feels almost shrimp circle and cory cult levels of creepy
I was at petsmart yesterday, i was looking at the at the betta fish. There was a mother and daughter looking at them as well. The mother was oh look these i beautiful im gonna grab one. The daughter asked where you going to keep it. The mum points to the bottom shelf and says I'll grab one of these bowls. 😢 my heart just broke for that fish.
Posting on Monday gets everyone's week started right
ayyy yessir
That fish named blackie reminded me of something I used to have a fish called the BBF big black fish but I had a pretty good tank
QOTD: Costumery, both making and modeling. Cosplay, original, historical.... Yes. I just love getting dressed up and playing a role. I even take my costume hobby with me when I go swimming. (Mermaiding - my favorite tail is a high-contrast rainbow color scheme with black and dark purple accents.)
Unrelated, but your background music choices are making me redownload maplestory. That kerning city theme...
Favorite hobby? I simply have too many hobbies! Art, crochet, reading, story writing, gardening, cooking/baking, and, yes, I do play piano.😊
The fish waking up and being still is kinda true but mine are on ground not in mid air-water😅. I come home from work at 8:00 my room is pitch black when I get home. Fish were probably sleeping for 2 hours when I wake them up.
My monkybrain trying to get a dopamin hit on a monday: reload page, reload page
I found that fine sand was the best with blood parrots👌🏻 And alot of Vallisneria americana «Gigantea», yeah they nibble at the plants, but they grow like crazy so it keeps the tank pretty❤️
The frozen fish thing looks more like someone took a panorama of fish being still when the lights were first on, and then recorded themselves viewing it in a panorama viewer app.
Jesus Christ Chris the state of your tank lad 😂😅👊🏽 that re-scape was much needed maintenance 👌🏽
QOTW: crafting. I do stained glass, sterling jewelry, beading, sewing, etc.
Same bruh the bulletproof plant "Densa" I just can't keep it alive. On the other hand I replaced them with Cabomba and they're thriving 😂
2:13 THANK👏YOU👏FOR👏SAYING👏THIS👏
Everyone says they hate animal abuse, but fish don't count. For some reason 🤷
Hey chris i wanted to say i like the monday posts more personally because it kinda just makes the day better in a way.
Mermaid, erstwhile scuba diver, kayaker, lifelong horseman, artist, writer, nerd...
...and goat trainer.
Oh yeah, I keep some fish too.
The husband was so over it... You could see the disdain for his wife shoving the camera in his face and putting him on blast for views for the hundreth time. You can tell he's not gonna last much longer
When I was in middle school, I had a tank with gold fish. The tank was doing pretty good, but then I added plecos to help clean it. It all went to hell, no matter how much cleaning I did it would get extra dirty fast. All the gold fish died because the water wasn’t right. The plecos survived. What did I learn? Never put a pleco in a tank to clean it. especially when your tank isn’t big enough to add any extra fish. I also learned, research in advance before you get any type of pet. Also research during. And don’t be afraid to ask professionals questions.
I have been watching you every time you post after school with a bowl of cereal keep up the good job you make me enjoy my cereal :)
I have worked at multiple fish stores now and usually the goldfish stay still from a very cold water change. Often fish stores are kept around 80 degrees so the goldfish tanks naturally get there each night. Then the next day they are given 50-60 degree water again in the morning to help keep their metabolism down for feeder goldfish purposes…. Kind of cruel but they go into a borderline shock state where they barely can move as they adjust to the 20-30 degree adjustment their body has to. Just another reason to train your fish to take pelletized or frozen food if you can
12:34 My question is why are the two containers on top sitting on their lids
Pet store worker: “you need atleast 5 Gallons every 3 fish”
Meanwhile also pet store worker: putting hundreds of fish in a 2 gallon tank
My fish at work, are always up and ready for their breakfast when I arrive. Maybe they turn off the electrics at night and have not realised that the fish are already used to this and compensate by being less active when air flow and filtration shuts down?
its true, i used to work at a fish store and the fish can look eerily still when they are asleep, there are times my own fish fake me out i think they are dead but they were just napping
I made some bonsai trees for a couple of my tanks. One I used Bolbitis and the other Bucephalandra. :)
I also love knitting!! I keep making jokes about knitting a sweater for my fish...I think it's a joke xD
Fantastic content as always! Thank you for making Mondays great!
thx for tuning in as always Penny!
7:18 I can do planted saltwater?!
I told some people in my class that I've had my fish for 6 years. They assumed my parents just replaced it every day 💀
I had three, one died at about 1 year, then at 5 years, and the last one I still have today. They must assume that I shove three large goldfish into a Tupperware container or something 💀
Yikes,
Need an honest opinion. I have a 50g planted tank. 2 months in no CO2. Currently have 2 Angels, 5 dalmatian Molly's, 1 guppy (came as a feeder fish), 20 ghost shrimp, 1 bristle nose and a golden algae eater (temporary resident). Question is do I have room for a school of Cardinals?
I had a bit of Anubias Nana die recently.... it was a new addition to the tank, but I really think it was due to getting insufficent light because of the ROCK I HAD TO SET ONTOP OF THE DRIFTWOOD TO GET IT TO SINK
Of COURSE the first guy is wearing a Michigan State sweatshirt. It’s getting harder and harder to be a proud Spartan.
QOTW: I train my dogs and compete in rally, tracking, obedience, and carting! I have also done agility in the past, but it's really hard to get into a class right now.
I used to keep hornwort in my fish tank but my beta didn't agree with where I had put it so I think he thought he would try aquascaping himself also the goldfish at that pet shop were in Torpor aka they were hibernating because it was too cold for them they usually do this in the wintertime but don't worry they will be back to normal in the spring.
Love your videos! i'm thinking about how to stock my planted 20 gallon tank, do you think getting 6 zebra danio's would be a good idea? i know you said they were a good beginner fish so all i'm worried about is overstocking.
2:52 My little brother has had crabs for a long while now he keeps his crabs properly for some years now and I've watched him take care of them now I am getting a crab and it will be homed in a nice 40 gallon tank and with the species of crab being mostly small and freshwater crabs the 40 gallon is a perfect size. Not to mention the crabs we keep are native and are really hardy near to impossible to kill they live in our DRAINS.
Chris: What's going on, fishkeepers?
Me, with my hood up and sunglasses: I don't even go here.
(Never had a fishtank and don't plan on it..)
Sometimes, if i see cool aquascape on a big tank, i just have the urge to put my head in the tank 💀🗿
lmao xD
12:25 ain’t no way he called that a deagle 💀
The only reason Millie isn't in this video, is because her aura can break Chirs's collarbone again
In the first one too, they were even STILL IN THE BAG
Best time on Monday after work: Watch FFR! :)
ayyy
“I have the opposite of a green thumb” 😂
Put fish in vase; fish die. Put flowers in vase; flowers die. Perhaps the flowers need a bigger tank?